What will be the repercussions for Sint Maarten and its Ministry of Justice of the verdict of the European Court of Human Rights in the Corallo case? Such was the subject of a meeting of almost two hours in the Parliament of Sint Maarten, broadcast live on the page of the government of the Dutch side Monday, November 5.
For Christophe T. Emmanuel, member of Parliament under the label of the National Alliance, there will be no repercussions in Sint Maarten. "Why do we have this discussion? For a reason: Mr. Corallo embarrassed the Dutch. We have nothing to do with this matter. ” he exclaimed.
As a reminder, the European court recently ordered the Netherlands to pay 5000 euros in immaterial damages to Corallo and 5500 euros for his legal costs, judging the conditions of his pre-trial detention "inhuman". Francesco Corallo, suspected by the Italian authorities of tax fraud, money laundering, of having participated in a criminal organization, and of having embezzled nearly 250 million euros, was arrested in December 2016 in Sint Maarten then remanded in custody at Philipsburg police station for eight months until his extradition to Italy in August 2017.
Dutch Secretary of State for Kingdom Affairs Raymond Knops said last October that it was unclear why the European Court of Human Rights had condemned the Netherlands and not the Kingdom. As for the fine, he explained that the Dutch government "was still studying the decision" but that the fine should be attributed to Sint Maarten.
Raymond Knops also recalled that law enforcement, including the upkeep of the prison, was the responsibility of Sint Maarten. But for the members of the Parliament of Sint Maarten, it is in the Netherlands to settle this fine since in this case the European court decided to prosecute the Netherlands and not Sint Maarten. "They know it's theirs to pay," said Frans G. Richardson (United St. Maarten Party)
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